1951 Topps Connie Mack's All-Stars PSA-Graded Complete Set (11)

Outstanding high-grade complete set of the legendary 1951 Topps Connie Mack's All-Stars. This landmark set issued by Topps in its first year in the baseball-card business features Connie Mack’s All-Time team of great players. Offered is an extremely attractive high-grade complete set of eleven cards, highlighted by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. All eleven cards have been graded and encapsulated by PSA (except one SGC). One thing about 1951 Topps Connie Mack All-Stars: because of their die-cut design, there are so many little things that can get these cards downgraded that they tend to look a lot better than their technical grades suggest. That is certainly the case here. This is a gorgeous set of this significant issue! All cards are complete with backgrounds intact and grade as follows: Grover Alexander (EX-MT 6), Mickey Cochrane (EX 5), Eddie Collins (EX 5), Jimmy Collins (EX 5), Lou Gehrig (VG 3), Walter Johnson (SGC VG/EX 50), Connie Mack (EX 5), Christy Mathewson (VG-EX 4), Babe Ruth (VG-EX 4), Tris Speaker (EX-MT 6), and Honus Wagner (EX-MT 6). Because these die-cut cards are designed to stand up by folding back the backgrounds, they are particularly prone to damage and are often found with the backgrounds damaged or completely removed. This is an extraordinarily attractive high-grade set of this milestone Topps issue: one of the rarest, most significant, and most condition-sensitive of all postwar-card issues. When comparing the prices of cards twenty or more years ago, 1951 Topps used to be far more expensive relative to many other rare cards. In our opinion, this issue has been overlooked by collectors in recent years in large part because they are graded so harshly by modern grading companies (which of course did not exist in the 1960s and 1970s). The SMR value for just seven of the eleven graded cards (not including the VG 3 Gehrig, SGC VG/EX 50 Johnson, VG-EX 4 Mathewson, and VG-EX 4 Ruth) is $3,610. In our opinion, the SMR is very conservative on this issue, especially considering their rarity, the enormous significance of the set, and condition sensitivity. This is an extremely impressive looking complete set of one of the most important sets of the postwar era. Total: 11 cards. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $2,000/$4,000+. SOLD FOR $10,665

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